Job Posting for Barnstable County Department of Human Services

Brief position summary: Professional and technical work supporting the Department of Human Services. Performs functions of a complex nature and exercises considerable independent judgment in the areas of research, evaluation, planning, development and implementation. Requires the ability to design and conduct primary research on topics that impact the wellbeing of Barnstable County’s residents, such as mental health, substance abuse, food security and homelessness, as well as to identify and aggregate statistics on a wide variety of health and human service indicators from state and federal databases, such as socio-economic, perinatal, mortality, cancer incidence and prevalence, and chronic disease data. Requires the ability to conceptualize, implement and evaluate Departmental initiatives such as those conducted in collaboration with the Department’s partners (for example, the Health and Human Services Advisory Council, Cape and Islands Suicide Prevention Coalition, and Cape Cod Hunger Network) and Departmental initiatives such as the Mass In Motion/Community Transformation Municipal Leadership Grant. For more information please follow this Job Description – Senior Project Manager 071913

Other: Knowledge of public health and human service research field; research analysis, methodologies, and statistics; project planning and management techniques. Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred; in relevant field (e.g. public policy, public health, social science), and graduate or undergraduate coursework in statistics, data analysis, research methods, three to five years’ experience conducting social science research and minimum of three years of project management experience. Experience with computer based data analysis (such as using SPSS and Atlas.ti) preferred or an equivalent combination of education and experience.